Combined hose and shoe guard



Dec. 18, 1951 MEENGs ET AL 2,578,895

CQMBINED HOSE AND SHOE GUARD Filed Aug. 19, 1948 INVENTOR. if] j 4/70 4 Mean 0 BY Z 0/61 5 /7c7/7/7 imwwx A T TORNEK Patented Dec. 18, 1951 OFFICE COMBINED HOSE AND SHOE GUARD Ann A. Meengs, Muskegon, and Lola E. Hahn, Muskegon Heights, Mich.

Application August 19, 1948, Serial No. 45,104

5 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in combined hose and shoe guard.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a combined hose and shoe guard which is neat and attractive in appearance when the guard is adjusted either to inoperative position or to operative position to function as a guard.

Second, to provide a combined hose and shoe guard which is knitted in its entirety.

Third, to provide a combined hose and shoe guard which may be very economically produced.

Objects relating to details and economies of the invention will definitely appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined in the claims.

A combined hose and shoe guard which embodies the features of the invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of a structure embodying our invention with the guard in upturned position, the parts being shown mainly in conventional form.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the structure illustrated in connection with a shoe and with the guard turned down or adjusted to operative or guard position, the parts being shown mainly in conventional form.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view illustrating the relationship of the knitted guard to the knitted hose, only fragments or portions being shown and the strands opened for convenience in illustration.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view in section on line 4-4 of Figs. 2 and 3 with the guard shown in downturned position by full lines and in upturned position by dotted lines.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of the structure showing further details of the juncture of the guard sleeve with the leg portion of the hose.

The embodiment of our invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing comprises a hose or stocking designated generally by the numeral l and having a foot portion 2 and a leg portion 3 knit integrally therewith, that is, as a continuous knitting operation. The leg portion is provided with a top band portion 4 which is desirably rib-knit to provide elasticity.

The guard sleeve 5 is attached at its inner end to the leg portion 3 in spaced relation to the foot portion so that it may be turned u'pwardly as is illustrated in Fig. 1, or may be turned downwardly as is illustrated in Fig. 2, to embrace the top of a shoe 6, an overshoe or the like. The

guard sleeve 5 is desirably knit of the same yarn as the hose and is joined thereto at its inner end by integral loops 1 of the sleeve, which are in looped engagement with loops 8 of the leg of the hose.

The guard sleeve is preferably rib-knit as indicated at 9 in Fig. 5, this providing resilience or elasticity. The guard sleeve is of single ply thickness, is rib knit from the inner to the outer edge thereof and of such diameter that when it is turned upwardly, as is shown in Fig. 1, it is placed under such stretching stress as effectively retains it in its upturned position and in that position has the appearance of being a part of the leg of the hose, its upper edge preferably terminating at the lower edge of the top band portion 4, in appearance constituting a continuation thereof. When the guard sleeve is turned downwardly to guard position over the top of a shoe, overshoe or the like as shown in Fig. 2, it yieldingly embraces the top of the shoe and efiectively excludes snow therefrom. It adds materially to the warmth of the shoe as it prevents the air from entering the top of the shoe.

Our combined hose and shoe guard may be very economically produced, is durable and convenient to use, and attractive in appearance. It will be understood that we use the term hose in its broad sense.

We have illustrated and described our invention in a highly practical embodiment thereof. We have-not attempted to illustrate or describe other adaptations or modifications which we contemplate as it is believed this disclosure will enable those skilled in the art to embody or adapt our invention as may be desired.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A combined hose and shoe guard comprising continuous knit foot and leg portions, and a rib knit tubular guard sleeve of single ply thickness surrounding and connected at its inner end to the leg portion in spaced relation to the foot portion by integral strands thereof inter-lockingly knit with knit strand loops of the leg portion at the juncture therewith whereby the guard sleeve may be adjusted to an upright position embracing the leg portion or to a downturned position over the top of a shoe or the like, the juncture of the inner end of the sleeve with the leg portion being disposed in substantially spaced relation from the top edge of the leg portion, the guard sleeve having substantial inherent transverse elasticity and being of such diameter as to resiliently and retainingly embrace the leg portion when the guard sleeve is turned to upright position therearound and a shoe top when the guard sleeve is turned downwardly in embracing relation to the top of a shoe or the like the leg portion being a uniformly continuous knit from a substantial distance above to a substantial distance below its connection with the sleeve, a knitted strand of the sleeve having loops thereof interlocked with the loops of a knitted strand of the leg portion, the upper end portion of the leg portion being rib knit, the outer edge of the sleeve being disposed closely adjacent to the rib portion of the leg portion when the sleeve is turned upwardly.

2. A combined hose and shoe guard, the hose comprising knitted foot and leg portions and a tubular knit guard sleeve surrounding the leg portion and connected at its inner end in spaced relation to the foot portion by strands of the guard sleeve which are knit into knitted strand loops of the leg portion whereby the guard sleeve is attached only at its inner end and may be turned to an upright position to embrace the leg portion or to a downturned position over the top of a shoe or the like, the juncture of the inner end of the sleeve with the leg portion being disposed in substantially spaced relation from the top edge of the leg portion, the said guard sleeve being inherently transversely elastic and of such diameter as to elastically embrace the leg portion when turned upwardly thereon and a shoe top when turned downwardly thereover to guard position the leg portion being a uniformly continuous knit from a substantial distance above to a substantial distance below its connection with the sleeve, a knitted strand of the sleeve having loops thereof interlocked with the loops of a knitted strand of the leg portion.

3. A combined hose and shoe guard comprising knit foot and leg portions and a knit tubular guard sleeve surrounding and connectedat its inner end to the leg portion in spaced relation to the foot portion by integral strands thereof interlockingly looped into strand loops of the leg portion whereby the guard sleeve-may be adjusted to an upright position embracing the leg portion or to a downturned position over the top of a shoe or the like, the guard sleeve being of such diameter and knit to provide transverse elasticity so as to retainingly embracethe leg portion when the guard sleeve is turned to upright position and the top of a shoe or the like when the guard sleeve is turned downwardly thereover, the upper end portion of the leg portion being rib knit, the outer end portion of the sleeve being rib knit, the outer edge of the sleeve when the sleeve is turned upwardly terminating adjacent the lower edge of the ribbed portion of the leg portion.

4. A combined hose and shoe guard, the hose comprising knitted foot and leg portions and a tubular knit guard sleeve surrounding the leg portion and connected thereto at its inner end in spaced relation to the foot portion by strands of the guard sleeve which are knit into strand loops of the leg portion whereby the guard sleeve may be turned to an upright position to embrace the leg portion or to a downturned position over the top of a shoe or the like, the upper end portion of the leg portion being rib knit, the outer edge of the sleeve when the sleeve is turned upwardly terminating adjacent the lower edge of the ribbed portion of the leg portion.

5. A combined hose and shoe guard, the hose comprising knitted foot and leg portions, and a tubular knit guard sleeve surrounding the leg portion, said sleeve at one end being connected to the leg portion in spaced relation from the foot portion whereby the sleeve may be turned to an upright position to embrace the leg portion or to a downturned .position over the top of a shoe or the like, the upper end portion of the leg portion being rib knit, the outer edge of the sleeve when the sleeve is turned upwardly terminating adjacent the lower edge of the ribbed portion.

ANN A. MEENGS. LOLA E. HAHN.

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